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Spring Edition August 2018 RED POLL NEWS Spring Edition August 2018 DIRECTORY Patrons Peter Fleming & Robin Shepherd President Graeme Evans 06 378 2051 Email [email protected] Secretary Anne McSweeney 03 693 8862 Email [email protected] Vice-Presidents Ian Fleming 03 329 1787 Email [email protected] Helen McKenzie 06 372 7842 Email [email protected] Executive Allan Bridson 07 865 8642 Email [email protected] Kelvin Lane 06 362 7254 Robert McLeod 027 789 1618 [email protected] Editor Helen McKenzie 06 372 7842 Email [email protected] Website: www.redpollcattle.co.nz NB: This newsletter is on the website in a PDF file The Association accepts no responsibility for the accuracy of any published opinion nor information supplied by individuals or reprinted from other sources. Items may be abridged or edited. Closing date for next newsletter is November 10th, 2018 Cover: Looking to the future – Two of Jan Schepel’s Red Poll matriarchs 2 CONTENTS 02 Directory 03 Contents 04 President’s Page 05 Secretary’s Say 06 From the Editor; UK Archive Item – Red Poll Cow, Davy 295th 07 Patron’s Page I - Robin Shepherd; Melbourne Show Update 08 Patron’s Page II - Peter Fleming 09 Crofthead Report 11 Opoutere Report 12 Kaihinau Report 13 South American Catch Up 14 NZ AGM Tour Report 20 NZ AGM Tour - Photos 21 International Congress Tour - Photos 22 International Congress Tour, USA, Part Four 29 Dawn Mist Report 30 River Valley Farms Report 33 Oriental Theileriosis – coming your way? 38 Evanlea Report / Rangitihi Report 39 Rosemarkie Report; Back Cover Photo captions 3 PRESIDENT’S PAGE As we approach the middle of winter I trust all members are wintering well with your cattle. It is a time when we reflect on the decisions we have made earlier in the year. Do we have enough winter feed or do we need to reduce our numbers on hand? As I sit here contemplating what needs to be in this report I can only say that as cattle farmers we are all aware of Micoplasma Bovis. This may lead to breeders who buy in Feeder calves or others who buy in store stock to look very carefully at how they will operate while this disease exists. Cattle breeders who buy or lease bulls should only do so from farms with closed herds. In other words I encourage members to be very vigilant when purchasing stock. The correct use of the Nait system is vital so all animals can have traceability. There is still a high demand for our Red Poll cattle and this bodes well for the future of the breed. The outlook for the cattle market is very strong and may it long continue. As many of our members are senior citizens we need to keep looking out for new breeders who will be able to keep this fine old breed going. I realise this is not easy but if we keep an eye out we may get some lucky breaks. The AGM held in April was well attended and the only controversy was the Parental DNA testing. It has been referred to the Executive to come up with a decision for the next AGM. This will be done as soon as possible but with our Secretary overseas it has been on hold until she is back in the country. Kirsty Loveday has developed a Red Poll Facebook page. This could promote further interest in the breed. My thanks to Helen and Alan Bridson for organising the tour this year. Also to Robin Thomson, for arranging the entertaining guest speaker at our Annual Dinner. Graeme Evans President 4 SECRETARY’S SAY AGM and Herd Tour: Those that attended had an enjoyable few days in the Waikato and Taranaki area. The quality of cattle seen was very high and it is always good to visit new members. Thank you so much to those who welcomed us on to their farms. Main Points from 2018 AGM: No changes to subs or registration prices this year. A lot of discussion about parental profiling of herd sires was held – this rule will probably be changed at next AGM, but a straight DNA profile of herd sires will probably stay. Herd Pre-Lists: You should all have received these ready for this year’s calving. It is good to see that the ones I do receive (usually December/January) are mostly tidily and accurately filled in with calf details, culls, deaths and sales. I would like to offer a warm welcome to new Wairarapa Associate Members, Oliver Wylie and Tina Theedom. They have bought 10 females from Robin Thomson and Ann Blackler of Urenui. Hawkes Bay/Wairarapa now has 4 breeding herds that register – plus 3 new herds who are still Associate Members, 2 or 3 non breeding Associate Members and a couple of commercial herds, one pure (Kelvin & Kath Lane, Pongaroa) and 1 graded up with about 30 cows but not Associate members. I hope you all have a productive, warm Spring. Anne McSweeney 282 Woodside Road, R.D.21, Geraldine. 7991 Ph 036938862 Email: [email protected] 5 FROM THE EDITOR Hi Everyone, Special thanks to Kaye & Jamie Heaven for sending in such enthusiastic reports in the last couple of newsletters. For those of you who like an ale I have found Mike’s Organic Brewery’s “Black Box” sample pack in our local New World. It is actually an orange cardboard carton with 6 different bottles in it – Longline Lager; Pils-Nah; Leaky Boat Grapefruit IPA; Kaitake; Flight of the Falcon and WOW. All come recommended by Warwick, after taste testing! Ron Trigg of Mike’s was our guest speaker at the Annual Dinner – see the Tour Report inside. Great that Wairarapa now has another new herd starting off. Should be a really good herd tour when it is our turn. Helen FROM THE UK RED POLL ARCHIVES. Thanks to Joy Broughton, UK Major Ivor Buxton, of Little Dunham, King’s Lynn, possesses a Red Poll cow, Davy 295th, now nineteen years old. She bred her former owner, Mrs Herbert Hammond, of Field Dalling, thirteen calves, and since she has been owned by Major Buxton has had three more, making a total of sixteen. She is now in calf again. This cow well illustrates the merits of the Red Poll breed for longevity, breeding qualities and milk persistency. Last year Davy 295th gave in her lactation period 9,715lbs, which may be considered an extraordinary yield for a cow of that age. In her last lactation she has yielded 11,392lbs in 42 weeks – not a bad performance for a 19-year-old cow. 6 PATRON’S PAGE I Well, cattle farming now has a new dimension, with Mycoplasma bovis. What the future holds in that area of animal health is hard to guess but it will affect us all. It has already spelled the death knell of local calf clubs and will inevitably have the same effect on our local A and P show. On-farm protocols will require attention to hygiene and control of any potential sources of contamination. The use of stock trucks will inevitably require tight controls as will systems for shipping cattle. I can see that vets, technicians and a raft of persons who service farms will have to improve their hygiene to avoid transmission of the bug. My other paragraph this time is about having a tidy up of our Annual Meeting system. At present we have no standing - orders covering meeting procedures so we rely on precedent and/or the direction of the chair. This arrangement works in most situations but could be improved if we were to adopt a set of standing-orders. I suggest to our current elected committee that they investigate that possibility so that in meetings with situations where there is uncertainty about how to proceed, the matter could be quickly clarified. Robin Shepherd QSO. MELBOURNE SHOW UPDATE I just had an email from Gay Ward, Australian National Red Poll President advising me that they now have 74 entries for the Feature Classes at the Royal Melbourne Show; 10 entries in the Sale plus two lots of semen. Should be well worth a trip over to see – how about making a booking? Warwick and I are looking forward to our trip. 11am Saturday 29th September is the judging for Red Polls Sale begins at 4pm Helen 7 PATRON’S PAGE II I trust those of you who attended the Herd Tour enjoyed it. I’ve been having a bit of a tidy up and found a few odd copies of past stud books lurking in my garage. If there are any you are missing perhaps it would be worth you letting Ian know so he can pass the message on to me. I do not use email anymore – too hard on the eyes! In the December 2016 issue I wrote about Conmurra Balalaika, Australian herd book #10094, NZHB #3432, a bull we bought from Tasmanian eye specialist, Dr Mal Quatermass. Balalaika was by Larkhill Scarlet out of Larkhill Hornpipe. At the time of writing I could not lay hands on a photo but during my foraging in the garage I found the photo below with a couple of others. Balalaika, left, held by Mal and Bacardi, held by farm manager, G Gurr. Cheers Peter Fleming 8 CROFTHEAD REPORT Picture a warm, sunny Taranaki day, relaxing, enjoying the sun and a cup of tea. “What would you like to do when you retire?” she asked. “I would love to breed Red Polls” he said.
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